The Banks also has a new interim project executive. Former Hamilton County facilities department employee John Michel is filling the position vacated by John Deatrick. He left in July to head up the Cincinnati Streetcar. Michel has been with the county 25 years, most recently as Construction Manager for the Banks.

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New details are being released about the next phase of the Banks project along the Ohio river.

Phase II A will feature a nine-story building running the length of Second Street from the Freedom Center to Race Street.

The development will include 305 apartments and 21,000 square feet of retail space.

Cincinnati and Hamilton County officials are slated to sign off on the project later this month. If everything moves on schedule, construction would begin in December with an expected opening date in fall 2015.